Ephesos 284

Item

Text Category
Inscription: dedication
Century Range
Precise Date or Date Range
102-117
Location of Display
Author
Tiberius Claudius Aristion
Reference
Ephesos 284
Quotation
[Ἀρτέμιδι Ἐφεσίᾳ καὶ Αὐτοκράτορι Νέρουᾳ Τραιανῷ Καίσα]ρι Σεβαστῷ Γ[ερμανικῷ] Δακικῷ καὶ τῷ δ[ή]μ̣ῳ Ἐφεσίων Τιβ(έριος) [Κλαύδιος Ἀριστίων ἀρχιερεὺς] τῆς Ἀσίας καὶ νεοκόρος μετὰ Ἰουλίας Λυδίας Λατερανῆς ἀρχιερείας καὶ θυγατρὸς Ἀσίας [σὺν παντὶ] τῷ κόσμῳ.
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Architecture: Infrastructure
Architecture: Monument
Object/ Person Ornamented
Nymphaeum of Trajan, specifically its water reservoir (hydrecdocheion)
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue
Medium/a Ornamenting
In this case, ornament is unspecified, but other hydrecdocheia are elsewhere described as adorned with sculptures in the round/ figural sculptures
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Tiberius Claudius Aristion
Bibliography
Graham 2013, 404-405
Item Identifier
A00429
Determination
Interpreted from context